nce_sp_final.pdf On February 22, 2010 I presented to you a Strategic Planning document for NCE. As a follow up, we created 7 subcommittees, one on each of the ”priorities” outlined in the document. I am attaching the document to this blog for easy future reference. Each of these subcommittees has about [...]

A friend of mine recently emailed me an interesting piece that I wanted to share with you. The source of this piece is unknown else I would have duly acknowledged the source. Please read and I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did. The dinner guests were [...]

Last Friday, I had a chance to visit with Lamont Thomas – he is the new principal of Science Park High School which is located about less than half mile away from our campus. The High School does not currently offer courses in Engineering and Principal Thomas told me that [...]

Assessment, both at the program level as well as at the course level, is a major component of ABET accreditation. Assessment is to be used to introduce improvements and is to be done on a continued basis. For a faculty member teaching a course, this can be done relatively easy. For [...]

Dear Faculty, Staff, Students, Alums and Friends of NCE. I would like to use this blog to communicate with you on a frequent basis. I invite you to provide me with your input to various developments happening in NCE that I report to you through these pages. Of course, a personal [...]

Tang, H., A. Acharya, and S. Saigal. Directional Dependence of Crack growth Along the Interface of a Bicrystal with Symmetric Tilt Boundary in the Presence of Gradient Effects. Mechanics of Materials. Vo. 37(5), pp. 593-606, May 2005.

Dyka, C.T., and S. Saigal. On the Development of a Hybrid Particle Method Using the Differential Formulation. International Journal for Computational Methods in Engineering Science and Mechanics,Vol. 6(1), pp. 21-29, Jan-Mar. 2005.White, D.R., S. Saigal and S. J. Owen.

Li, K., S. Saigal and M. Frankle. Effect of Component Size and Lateral Offset on the Fixation of the Reverse Shoulder Prosthesis. Second International Symposium on Treatment of Complex Shoulder Problems, Jan. 13-15, 2005.

Li, K., D. Kumar and S. Saigal. Effect of chemical functionalization on the interfacial shear strength of carbon nanotube-reinforced polymer composites, accepted by the Eighth U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics (USNCCM8).

Li, K., S. Saigal and M. Frankle. Effect of Base-Plate Inclination on the Fixation of the Reverse Shoulder Prosthesis. Second International Symposium on Treatment of Complex Shoulder Problems, Jan. 13-15, 2005.

Rahulkumar, P., and S. Saigal. "Numerical Studies of Excavations in Saturated Soil Using Modified Cam-Clay Plasticity Models,” in Explicit Computations for Reinforced Concrete and Geological Materials, Third U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Dallas, TX, June 12-14, 1995.

Simunovic, S., and S. Saigal. "Analysis of Contact Problems in BEM Using Linear programming," in Boundary Elements in Solid Mechanics, Third U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Dallas, TX, June 12-14, 1995.

Wang, P.T., H. Li and S. Saigal. "A Comparative Study of the Internal State Variables Constitutive Models for Metals," Submitted to the 4th International Symposium on Plasticity and It´s Current Applications, Baltimore, MD, July 19-23, 1993.

Cohesive Zone Parameters and Energy Dissipation in Soft Adhesives with Cohesive Elements in Viscoelastic Fracture, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University, March 5, 1998. Also McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University, March 6, 1998.

Research Advances and Directions in Boundary Element Design Sensitivity Analysis for Shape Optimization, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Split, Split, Yugoslavia, December 1990, also Department of Civil Engineering, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, January 1991.

Tang, H., A. Acharya, and S. Saigal. Directional Dependence of Crack growth Along the Interface of a Bicrystal with Symmetric Tilt Boundary in the Presence of Gradient Effects. Mechanics of Materials. Vo. 37(5), pp. 593-606, May 2005.

Dyka, C.T., and S. Saigal. On the Development of a Hybrid Particle Method Using the Differential Formulation. International Journal for Computational Methods in Engineering Science and Mechanics,Vol. 6(1), pp. 21-29, Jan-Mar. 2005.White, D.R., S. Saigal and S. J. Owen.

Yang, T.Y., and S. Saigal. A Curved Quadrilateral Element for Static Analysis of Shells with Geometric and Material Nonlinearities. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. Volume 21, No. 4, pp.617-636, April 1985.

Yang, T.Y., and S. Saigal. A Simple Element for Static and Dynamic Response of Beams with Material and Geometric Nonlinearities. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. Vol. 20, No. 5, pp. 851-868, May 1984.

Conference Papers

Li, K., S. Saigal and M. Frankle. Effect of Component Size and Lateral Offset on the Fixation of the Reverse Shoulder Prosthesis. Second International Symposium on Treatment of Complex Shoulder Problems, Jan. 13-15, 2005.

Li, K., D. Kumar and S. Saigal. Effect of chemical functionalization on the interfacial shear strength of carbon nanotube-reinforced polymer composites, accepted by the Eighth U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics (USNCCM8).

Li, K., S. Saigal and M. Frankle. Effect of Base-Plate Inclination on the Fixation of the Reverse Shoulder Prosthesis. Second International Symposium on Treatment of Complex Shoulder Problems, Jan. 13-15, 2005.

Rahulkumar, P., and S. Saigal. "Numerical Studies of Excavations in Saturated Soil Using Modified Cam-Clay Plasticity Models,” in Explicit Computations for Reinforced Concrete and Geological Materials, Third U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Dallas, TX, June 12-14, 1995.

Simunovic, S., and S. Saigal. "Analysis of Contact Problems in BEM Using Linear programming," in Boundary Elements in Solid Mechanics, Third U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Dallas, TX, June 12-14, 1995.

Wang, P.T., H. Li and S. Saigal. "A Comparative Study of the Internal State Variables Constitutive Models for Metals," Submitted to the 4th International Symposium on Plasticity and It´s Current Applications, Baltimore, MD, July 19-23, 1993.

Cohesive Zone Parameters and Energy Dissipation in Soft Adhesives with Cohesive Elements in Viscoelastic Fracture, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University, March 5, 1998. Also McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University, March 6, 1998.

Research Advances and Directions in Boundary Element Design Sensitivity Analysis for Shape Optimization, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Split, Split, Yugoslavia, December 1990, also Department of Civil Engineering, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, January 1991.